it also includes essentially a u.s.-led war on gadhafi's military. and the u.s. leadership part of it the american government keeps saying, the leadership part will end soon. that's what president obama said when asked last night about his exit strategy. >> the exit strategy will be executed this week in the sense we will be pulling back from our much more active efforts to shape the environment. >> this week says president obama. mr. obama's secretary of state, hillary clinton, reading from the same page. >> it will be one week on saturday. will it happen by saturday? >> well, it will be days, whether by saturday or not depends upon the evaluation made by our military commanders, along with our allies and partners. >> this repeated insistence that the u.s. is not going to lead this thing, it doesn't just have an international audience, it is not just about telling the muslim world, for example, that america isn't leading this charge, it is not just about telling american allies in this intervention they better step up, that u.s. forces aren't going to lead it fo